Morning journal and courier., 1887-07-07
BOOMING TIMES.
Summer in St. Augustine, Florida
 The YelIoV Fever Scare Oyer

The Yellow Fever Scare over. Edwin T. Hyde, formerly of West Haven | writes from St. Augustine: The great scare o1 yellow fever has died away and business is | now booming. Some two thousand mechan- l ics are at work on new buildings. The Hotel ! Ponce de Leon will be ready February 1st 1888. Business never was as good as at the present time. To give some idea of the busi | ness here, sent my wife home two weeks ago and was to join her two weeks 1ater but l I find it impossible to get away from the ! store. am salesman in the largest gene- l ral merchandise house in the State. Instead of joining my wife she will remain for the summer with her parents in West Haven and return to St. Augustine on November 1. I am enjoying the best of health. Everything promises that the coming season will be the best one ever known in Eye ancient city" It is said that a regular line of steamships is to be established to ply between here and New York. Preparations are now being made to deepen the water over the bar There is plenty of work here now for every one. The ruins of the recent fra are being cleared up and freproof buildings are being erected. A complete system of waterworks
  est improved fire engines and hook and ladder truck have been purchased. I am a member of the latter company. The city has increased fifty per cent in population since 1886 and real estate has more than dou- hled in value. All in all, St. Augustine promises to be the New York of the South. I wish to be remembered to all my friends and hope to see some of them here next win ter.
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 Rollins of the Danburys has been reinstat-
 Divens will probably return to the Hart lords.
 The New Ravens play the Waterburys here on Saturday.
 It is quite probable now that Munyan of the Bridgeports will not be released.
 The grass in the outfeld at Hamilton Park has been moved. The diamond is the best in the league.
 Van Haltren, the young Chicago pitcher, has turned out 30 far all that has been claimed of him.
 While Lovett was with the Bridgeports he won twenty-five league games and lost but three. This is a good record for any pitcher.
 The New Ravens play the .Danburys at Bridgeport. Waterbury plays seven games this week and New Haven five.
 National league schedule for to-day: Bos- ton vs. Pittsburg at Boston; New York vs. Detroit at New York; Washington vs. h. dianapolis at Washington; Philadelphia vs. Chicago at Philadelphia.
 Daley, whom Secretary Minor appointed as an Eastern league umpire, left for the Inter- national league after umpiring two games. Good umpires apparently do not want to stay in the Eastern league.
 The Bostons have made miserable showing on their western trip and consequently have dropped to third position, the Chicagos talk ing their place. The Chicagos have been making fine showing, but they will proba- ply receive setback on their eastern trip, which commences to-day.
 One of two things must soon happen in base ball. The number of clubs must large- ly diminish or players must be content with smaller salaries. One result will bring about the other in time If managers find they cannot run teams proftably and pay present prices for players they will give up the at tempt except in few of the larger cities This in turn will lessen the demand for players, and the smaller demand will make less sharp and bring salaries down where they should be.-Bridgeport News.